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I JUST SAW SO MANY LIZARDS MY DUDES I'M CRYIN
8 years ago
so my birthday is on Tuesday so I decided to treat myself this weekend and go to a reptile expo with my friends!!
and HHH... WHOOPS... SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE COME HOME WITH ME...
the moment I walked in I saw someone with an axolotl in a cup.. and immediately, I turn to my boyfriend. "OH NO. AUSTIN OH NO THIS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE."
and - no joke - between the 6 of us, we came home with 7 PETS WHOOOOPS
but to BE FAIR... four of those were praying mantises that my friend got and they were tiny as hell, haha. Also holy shit?? You can keep praying mantises as pets? The breeder just had them all hanging out on little sticks. THE BABIES WERE SO TINY, I couldn't believe it !! I got to hold a few and I was super surprised at how docile they were. Such mellow little dudes!!
I saw so many great little buddies! There was a breeder there with baby tortoises the size of like... a tennis ball? But apparently those grow into the third largest breed of tortoise in the world!! She has a shed kept exclusively for the adults and honestly... a "turtle shed" they use to keep them warm when it gets chilly just sounds adorable to me tbh
My bf came home with a GORGEOUS crested gecko. We don't have a name yet, but the breed type was called "halloween Harley" so there's a lot of places we could go with this haha
ANYWAY
So I meander on over to the booth with the axolotls and just.. aaa ;o; The breeder only brought 2 of the ones with the pink gills with her that day (golden axolotls), and the last one was there for $30! There were several others there, but they were reeaaally young and solid black (which honestly I still super cool and I loved their dinky little hardly grown legs). I had to get one with those iconic pink gills and that lil dude just sat there eyein me... I lingered about it for a solid two hours before caving and taking him (or her?) home <3
SO YEAH. I'm on cloud 9 right now my dudes!! I've wanted one of these for years but never considered having the opportunity to own one until this lovely little expo was presented to me <3 I think I'll call him/her Munch!!
(thank you for letting me yell about animals bye I love you)
i used to catch praying mantises every year and keep them as pets until winter, they were the best
i love lizards to death ;;
Silly the parakeet
Froggit the dart frog
Undyne the betta
Smoothie the gecko
and Munch the axolotl
I'M STOPPIN I LOVE MY FAMILY BUT IT'S GETTIN 2 BIG